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Re:No Atlantic hurricanes by Sept. 12 breaks a 60-year record by joecool1029 on Saturday September 12, 2026 @11:45PM (#49679809)
Believe it or not at least 40 million tons of it ends up in the Amazon basin each year where it does have an effect on the plants there: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/1/1/014...

It goes elsewhere too, as expected.

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Re:No Atlantic hurricanes by Sept. 12 breaks a 60-year record by consp on Sunday September 13, 2026 @01:09AM (#49680213)
N/Nw Europe also has sand rains. Not seen it this year yet though.
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Re:No Atlantic hurricanes by Sept. 12 breaks a 60-year record by consumer451 on Sunday September 13, 2026 @08:21AM (#49683192)
In South Florida you can sometimes get Sahara dust on your car after a rain.
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